Robert Mueller, former FBI director and special counsel, dies at 81
Robert Mueller served as FBI director from 2001 to 2013 and led the investigation into allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
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Robert Mueller served as FBI director from 2001 to 2013 and led the investigation into allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
Speaking in short sentences and frequently turning to cite his report, former special counsel Robert Mueller spent the morning testifying to lawmakers for the first time about his two-year investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 campaign and attempts by the president to impede his probe.
Special counsel Robert Mueller will testify before the House Judiciary Committee and House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York announced Tuesday.
Mueller Wednesday said that Justice Department policy prohibiting the indictment of a sitting president meant that "charging the president with a crime was therefore not an option we could consider."
Rep. Amash's comments on Saturday with regard to impeachment went further than even many members of House Democratic leadership
"That report needs to be released to the public," Schiff wrote..
Special Counsel Robert Mueller has turned in his long-awaited report on his findings of the over two-year long investigation into any ties between the Russian government and Trump campaign associates.
Manafort spoke briefly about how prayer and faith have helped get him through this time and asked Judge T.S. Ellis "to be compassionate."
Special counsel Robert Mueller filed a sentencing memo Tuesday night suggesting that Michael Flynn has given the government "substantial assistance,"
Pardoning former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is still a possibility, President Trump told the New York Post in an Oval Office interview Wednesday.
Prosecutors said Monday that former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort violated his plea agreement with the government by lying to federal investigators.
Federal prosecutors charged 44-year-old Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova, of St. Petersburg, Russia, with conspiracy to defraud the United States.
When asked by CBS' Lesley Stahl about the accusation that he is leery of criticizing Putin, he challenged the question.
Should Rosenstein resign or be fired, oversight of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe would be passed to Solicitor General Noel Francisco, according to the Justice Department.
Manafort had proffered information to the government on Tuesday, and his legal team signed the deal on Thursday.
Bruce Ohr testified behind closed doors this week to the House Judiciary and Oversight committees.
Despite his repeated public criticism, Trump has told people he is wary of crossing a line with Robert Mueller by firing Sessions.
President Trump is once again calling into question Special Counsel Robert Mueller's ongoing Russia probe, suggesting the former FBI director is "just someone looking for trouble."
"Truth isn't truth?" Todd interjected. "Mr. Mayor, do you realize, what ... I think this is going to become a bad meme."
Trump denied knowledge of the meeting in a tweet Friday morning.
President Trump's former attorney, Michael Cohen , is willing to tell special counsel Robert Mueller that the president knew in advance of a June 2016 Trump Tower meeting involving Mr. Trump's son, top campaign officials and a Russian lawyer.
Democrats charge that Republicans are targeting Rosenstein because they're trying to undercut Mueller's probe.
Michael Cohen dropped the reference "personal attorney to President Donald J. Trump" from his Twitter and LinkedIn biographies on Wednesday, days after he spoke in an off-camera interview about his legal situation.
House Republicans sharply took aim Thursday at Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation in a heated hearing that came at the same time the House passed a resolution rebuking Rosenstein and the Justice Department.
In a tweet, Trump said the decision to revoke Manafort's bail is "tough," although he referred to it as a "sentence."
